A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows.

The sunset glow of self-possession.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.

Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.